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Edith DeVoe, the Glossary

Edith DeVoe (October 24, 1921 – November 17, 2000) was an American nurse.^[1]

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Burials at Quantico National Cemetery
Deaths from lung cancer in Maryland
Female United States Navy nurses in World War II
United States Navy Nurse Corps officers

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Boston Navy Yard

The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy.

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Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a historically black public secondary school located in Washington, D.C. The school was America's first public high school for black students.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Howard University Hospital

Howard University Hospital, previously known as Freedmen's Hospital, is a major hospital located in Washington, D.C., built on the site of Griffith Stadium, a former professional baseball stadium that served as the home field of the Washington Senators.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Laurel, Maryland

Laurel is a city in Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.

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Lieutenant (junior grade)

Lieutenant junior grade is a junior commissioned officer rank used in a number of navies.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Main Navy and Munitions Buildings

The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings were constructed in 1918 along Constitution Avenue (then known as B Street) on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall (Potomac Park) as the largest of a set of temporary war buildings on the National Mall.

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Naval Hospital Oakland

Naval Hospital Oakland, also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, was a U.S. naval hospital located in Oakland, California that opened during World War II (1942) and closed in 1996 as part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure program.

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NewspaperArchive

NewspaperArchive is a commercial online database of digitized newspapers, and claims to be the world's largest newspaper archive.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Phyllis Mae Dailey

Phyllis Mae Dailey (March 12, 1919 – October 31, 1976) was an American nurse and officer who became the first African American woman either to serve in the United States Navy or to become a commissioned Navy officer. Edith DeVoe and Phyllis Mae Dailey are African-American nurses, Female United States Navy nurses in World War II and United States Navy Nurse Corps officers.

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Pittsburgh Courier

The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 until October 22, 1966.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind neighboring Montgomery County.

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Quantico National Cemetery

Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Randall Junior High School

Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.

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Solomons, Maryland

Solomons, also known as Solomons Island, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States.

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The Bakersfield Californian

The Bakersfield Californian is a daily newspaper serving Bakersfield, California and surrounding Kern County in the state's San Joaquin Valley.

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The New York Age

The New York Age was an American weekly newspaper established in 1887 in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Triangle, Virginia

Triangle is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.

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Tripler Army Medical Center

Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) is a major United States Department of Defense medical facility administered by the United States Army in the state of Hawaii.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Navy Nurse Corps

The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years.

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United States Navy Reserve

The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy.

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Visiting nurse association

A visiting nurse association (VNA), also known as a visiting nurse agency or home healthcare agency or association, is any of various American organizations that provide home healthcare and hospice services through a network of nurses, therapists, social workers, and other healthcare associates for patients who are housebound, recovering from an illness or injury, or are living with a disability or chronic condition.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_DeVoe

Also known as Edith Mazie DeVoe.

Edith DeVoe, the Glossary

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See also

Burials at Quantico National Cemetery

Deaths from lung cancer in Maryland

Female United States Navy nurses in World War II

United States Navy Nurse Corps officers

References